Police: Man busted in Boise with $110K worth of meth, heroin

Police say they found seven pounds of meth and half a kilogram of heroin inside a car.

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KTVB

Published:
6:01 PM MDT July 11, 2018

Updated:
7:35 PM MDT July 11, 2018

BOISE - A man is facing two felony counts of drug trafficking after police say they caught him with more than $110,000 worth of methamphetamine and heroin.

According to Boise police, 24-year-old Briyan E. Paniagua Chayrez of Mexicali, Mexico, was arrested without incident on Saturday afternoon.

Police say Paniagua Chayrez had been acting suspiciously in a parking lot near the Walmart on Overland Road. While speaking with the suspect, officers say they located evidence that he was in possession of a controlled substance.

Briyan E. Paniagua Chayrez

Ada County Jail

Narcotics officers searched Paniagua Chayrez's car and found seven large packages of meth and a container of heroin, police said. The meth weighed in at about seven pounds and the heroin weight more than half a kilogram.

Investigators say the street value of the drugs is over $110,000.

Paniagua Chayrez was booked into the Ada County Jail on two felony charges of drug trafficking.

Boise meth, heroin bust

Police say they found seven pounds of meth and a half kilogram of heroin in a car Saturday afternoon. The car's driver was arrested on two felony counts of drug trafficking. (Photo: Boise Police Dept.)

Police say they found seven pounds of meth and a half kilogram of heroin in a car Saturday afternoon. The car's driver was arrested on two felony counts of drug trafficking. (Photo: Boise Police Dept.)

Police say they found seven pounds of meth and a half kilogram of heroin in a car Saturday afternoon. The car's driver was arrested on two felony counts of drug trafficking. (Photo: Boise Police Dept.)

Police say they found seven pounds of meth and a half kilogram of heroin in a car Saturday afternoon. The car's driver was arrested on two felony counts of drug trafficking. (Photo: Boise Police Dept.)

Police say they found seven pounds of meth and a half kilogram of heroin in a car Saturday afternoon. The car's driver was arrested on two felony counts of drug trafficking. (Photo: Boise Police Dept.)

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Police say they found seven pounds of meth and a half kilogram of heroin in a car Saturday afternoon. The car's driver was arrested on two felony counts of drug trafficking. (Photo: Boise Police Dept.)

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Police say they found seven pounds of meth and a half kilogram of heroin in a car Saturday afternoon. The car's driver was arrested on two felony counts of drug trafficking. (Photo: Boise Police Dept.)

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Police say they found seven pounds of meth and a half kilogram of heroin in a car Saturday afternoon. The car's driver was arrested on two felony counts of drug trafficking. (Photo: Boise Police Dept.)

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Police say they found seven pounds of meth and a half kilogram of heroin in a car Saturday afternoon. The car's driver was arrested on two felony counts of drug trafficking. (Photo: Boise Police Dept.)

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Police say they found seven pounds of meth and a half kilogram of heroin in a car Saturday afternoon. The car's driver was arrested on two felony counts of drug trafficking. (Photo: Boise Police Dept.)